In the U.S.-Iran war, everyone seems high on their own supply of copium. The internet slang is a portmanteau of “cope” and “opium”, a shorthand for the self‑deluding narratives people use to rationalize or deny difficult realities. And there are plenty of those to go around in the Middle East right now. Both Tehran and Washington are pushing their own comforting versions of reality. From Iran’s AI‑generated slopaganda to the White House’s war‑as‑gaming videos, each side is spinning a story of